Akali vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Akali
based on 9,951 Akali vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Briar
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Akali vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Akali versus Briar counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Briar..
Akali usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Briar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Briar
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Who is Better, Akali or Briar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually loses when facing off against Briar, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a poor counter to Briar.
While Akali does have a lower winrate than Briar, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Akali into Briaras her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Akali is a bad counter to Briar. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Briar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali most often racks up much more CS as Briar. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Akali versus Briar build consist of Banshee's Veil, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali included at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Briar than with many other common builds. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 47.8% when playing against Briar with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Briar as Akali, Akali players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Akali vs Briar LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.8% winrate overall.
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